Hello, I'm making my first batch of wine. An Icewine from Diamanti. I have questions about the instructions. My wine is in the secondary and has fermented to .994, and I am getting ready to rack it again. . First I'll write the instructions.. leaving out the obvious.
..... after all of the fermenting has been complete in the secondary.....
Siphon the wine into a clean carboy.
Add the must from the Smaller bag (came with juice concentrate to backsweeten)
Add Sodium Metabisulfate + Vitamin C contained in sachet 2
Add Sorbate contained in sachet 3
Add Kieselsol contained in sachet 5 and stir a few minutes
Add Chitosan contained in sachet 6 - stir vigorously, moving back and forth. In some cases your carboy may not turn out to be full, you may fill with similar wine.......... {basically just goes on about what you can add to fill it up. }
It says absolutely nothing about degassing??? Any explanation for this?
Also the order of the chemicals added... It seems to be quite different than the stuff I've read on forums and tutorials i've watched on youtube.
Basically my questions is , what is the correct order in which to add chemicals / degass / backsweeten?
I have a "whip" style degasser that hooks up to a drill, is it smart to fill it up all the way before degassing? seems like that's asking for a mess.
Thanks for taking the time to read this post! all help / suggestions welcome... Also could I add cheap brandy to fill it up??
..... after all of the fermenting has been complete in the secondary.....
Siphon the wine into a clean carboy.
Add the must from the Smaller bag (came with juice concentrate to backsweeten)
Add Sodium Metabisulfate + Vitamin C contained in sachet 2
Add Sorbate contained in sachet 3
Add Kieselsol contained in sachet 5 and stir a few minutes
Add Chitosan contained in sachet 6 - stir vigorously, moving back and forth. In some cases your carboy may not turn out to be full, you may fill with similar wine.......... {basically just goes on about what you can add to fill it up. }
It says absolutely nothing about degassing??? Any explanation for this?
Also the order of the chemicals added... It seems to be quite different than the stuff I've read on forums and tutorials i've watched on youtube.
Basically my questions is , what is the correct order in which to add chemicals / degass / backsweeten?
I have a "whip" style degasser that hooks up to a drill, is it smart to fill it up all the way before degassing? seems like that's asking for a mess.
Thanks for taking the time to read this post! all help / suggestions welcome... Also could I add cheap brandy to fill it up??
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